[syn: loquat, Japanese plum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Loquat \Lo"quat\, n. [Chinese name.] (Bot.)
The fruit of the Japanese medlar (Photinia Japonica). It is
as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains
four or five large seeds. Also, the tree itself.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
loquat
n 1: evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-
sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and
Japan [syn: loquat, loquat tree, Japanese medlar,
Japanese plum, Eriobotrya japonica]
2: yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone
and relatively little flesh; used for jellies [syn: loquat,
Japanese plum]